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Notices to Creditors, Equity Security Holders, Administrators in Foreign Proceedings, Persons Against Whom Provisional Relief is Sought in Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases, United States, and United States Trustee

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Local Rule Number: 
Rule 2002-1
2000 Series

(a)      Service by the Clerk. Unless these rules or a court order provide otherwise, the clerk will serve:

(1)      any notice under Bankruptcy Rule 2002 that would otherwise have to be served by the United States trustee or by a chapter 7 trustee in a case where a notice of insufficient assets to pay a dividend was given to creditors;

(2)      an initial chapter 13 plan filed on the petition date; and

(3)      for unrepresented debtors:

(A)      any chapter 13 plan, amended chapter 13 plan, or modified chapter 13 plan;

(B)      any local form Debtor’s Certificate of Compliance, Motion for Issuance of Discharge, and Notice of Deadline to Object;

(C)      any local form Debtor’s Certificate of Compliance, Motion for Issuance of Discharge Before Completion of Plan Payments, and Notice of Deadline to Object;

(D)     any local form Individual Chapter 11 Debtor’s Certification Regarding Limitation on Claimed Exemptions, Instructional Course Concerning Personal Financial Management, and Eligibility for a Discharge; and

(E)      any local form Individual Chapter 12 Debtor’s Certification Regarding Limitation on Claimed Exemptions and Domestic Support Obligations.

(b)     Service by the Debtor’s Attorney. Unless these rules or a court order provide otherwise, the debtor’s attorney must serve:

(1)      any chapter 13 plan filed after the petition date, together with a copy of the official form Notice of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Case;

(2)      any amended chapter 13 plan or modified chapter 13 plan, together with any notice of hearing thereon;

(3)      any notice of a continued § 341 meeting of creditors;

(4)      any notice of a continued chapter 13 confirmation hearing;

(5)      any local form Debtor’s Certificate of Compliance, Motion for Issuance of Discharge, and Notice of Deadline to Object;

(6)      any local form Debtor’s Certificate of Compliance, Motion for Issuance of Discharge Before Completion of Plan Payments, and Notice of Deadline to Object;

(7)      any local form Individual Chapter 11 Debtor’s Certification Regarding Limitation on Claimed Exemptions, Instructional Course Concerning Personal Financial Management, and Eligibility for a Discharge; and

(8)      any local form Individual Chapter 12 Debtor’s Certification Regarding Limitation on Claimed Exemptions and Domestic Support Obligations.

(c)      Service by the Plan Proponent.  The proponent of a chapter 11 or chapter 12 plan must serve the confirmation order. 

(d)     CM/ECF Mailing Matrix. Although CM/ECF generates a mailing matrix, proper service is the responsibility of the party providing service.

(e)      Multi-Paged Notices.  Multiple page one-sided papers may be condensed to two-sided papers with up to four pages per side for noticing purposes, but the first page of a paper may not be printed on the reverse side of a separate paper, except by the clerk.

(f)      Addresses for Notice. 

(1)      A notice of address change must be filed in each case or adversary proceeding in which the change is to be made.

(2)      A debtor registered under the DeBN program must file with the clerk an updated local form Debtor’s Request to Receive Notices Electronically Under DeBN Program to change the debtor’s email address.

(3)      An entity registered with the BNC to receive notices under the EBN program must notify the BNC of any change in service information. 

(4)      An entity filing a notice under § 342(f) must file the notice directly with the NCRS.